Abstract

A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF OJUS IN VISHA PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT

Aswani Mohan V. M.* and P. A. Aboobaker

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Abstract

Agada tantra deals with toxicological aspects of Ayurveda and their treatment. The term visha means something that produces vishaada. Ayurveda describes visha dravyas are of herbal, mineral, and animal in origin. Ten gunas of Visha are opposite to that of ojus. Hence, visha dravya produces its effect by its action on ojus. Visha may cause marana immediately, so only rasayana chikitsa is an option to bring back the patient to normal. Among ashtanga, rasayana is explained only after agada tantra because rasayana chikitsa is essential for fulfilment of visha chikitsa. Most of the agadas also have rasayana property like dooshivishari agada, murvadi agada etc.

Keywords: Agada tantra, ojus, visha chikitsa, agada, rasayana chikitsa.